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Lyca TV offers discount to Trumpet readers
Lyca TV is offering Trumpet readers an exclusive discount of £10 on 12-month subscriptions to its TV package. Its annual subscription which costs £99 is now available at £89 by quoting the discount code: TRUMPET.
Lycamobile rewards 24 loyal customers
Lycamobile, the largest global provider of low-cost international mobile calls, has rewarded the 24 loyal customers who won prizes in the final two rounds of its 2nd Annual Festive Prize Draw.
Faces at Lomo Mobile Launch
Lomo Mobile - a new Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) was launched in London recently.
Lomo Mobile promises local rate roaming between UK and Nigeria
Lomo Mobile announces that it will offer users local rate roaming services between the UK and Nigeria.
Lebara Mobile's Nigeria Country Pass
Lebara is offering 500 minutes at £20 on its Nigeria Country Pass.
Being away from friends and family can be hard - but there are ways to make it easier.
Trying to find an easy way to call home was becoming harder than finding a bird bath in January that wasn’t frozen! I saw a sign for Boss Revolution. You simply call an access number from your landline or mobile and it automatically recognises your
Lebara wins Best Mobile Virtual Network Operator award again
Lebara, one of Europe’s leading mobile telecoms operators for foreign nationals, was awarded ‘Best Mobile Virtual Network Operator’ at the Mobile News Awards 2013 at the Hilton Park Lane in London recently. This is the fourth consecutive year that
Lebara’s UK customers now able to top-up and check balances on the move
Lebara - one of Europe’s leading mobile telecoms operators for foreign nationals has launched a new mobile site (M-Site) for customers in the UK.
Rebtel - New technology will change the way you call Africa
Low cost Smartphones, fast mobile Internet and easy to use apps have made it very convenient for Africans to keep in touch with their loved ones across the globe. Rebtel, one of the world’s largest VoIP companies has developed free apps that work on
Murder of gay South African imam Muhsin Hendricks reignites queer Muslim debate
Dubbed the “world’s first openly gay Imam”, South African religious leader Muhsin Hendricks was gunned down on 15 February 2025 in an attack that many believe was targeted. Tributes have poured in across the world, but so have online comments that
Taiwo Akpabio and Kehinde Bogunjoko celebrate 60 years
Twin sisters - Arch. (Mrs) Taiwo Mojisola Akpabio and Dr (Mrs) Kehinde Gbemisola Bogunjoko celebrated their 60th Birthday Anniversary in Miami, Florida recently.
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Unlocking the Weight Loss equation - “Calories In vs. Calories Out”
The core idea is Energy Balance: consuming fewer calories than you burn leads to weight loss. This simple equation - balancing the energy you consume with the energy you burn - is the crux of sustainable weight management.
Trumpet is 30 Years fresh!
We are happy to announce formally - that Trumpet Newspaper is 30 years fresh! This milestone reminds us that Trumpet is the longest-surviving and far-reaching media organisation targeting UK's Diaspora African community.
Photo: Alex Wynter, IFRC
Attacks on people with albinism in Tanzania: African court holds government responsible – why it matters
People with albinism face widespread discrimination in many sub-Saharan African countries. In Tanzania, this minority has been subjected to extreme forms of violence. The government’s failure to protect their rights prompted the filing of a case
Photo: African Union
African Union’s new chair has a long list of tough tasks – what it will take to get them done
Following seven rounds of balloting, 60-year-old diplomat Mahmoud Ali Youssouf was elected the sixth chair of the African Union Commission in February 2025. Politics professor Ulf Engel, who is the editor of the Yearbook on the African Union,
Family of dad shot dead appeals for witnesses
The family of an innocent man who was fatally shot outside a birthday party have appealed for the public’s help to get justice. Hanif Redwood, a 32-year-old father of two, was attacked in Linton Road, Barking in the early hours of Sunday, 13 October.
Murder of gay South African imam Muhsin Hendricks reignites queer Muslim debate
Dubbed the “world’s first openly gay Imam”, South African religious leader Muhsin Hendricks was gunned down on 15 February 2025 in an attack that many believe was targeted. Tributes have poured in across the world, but so have online comments that
Taiwo Akpabio and Kehinde Bogunjoko celebrate 60 years
Twin sisters - Arch. (Mrs) Taiwo Mojisola Akpabio and Dr (Mrs) Kehinde Gbemisola Bogunjoko celebrated their 60th Birthday Anniversary in Miami, Florida recently.
Young middle-class Nigerians are desperate to leave the country: insights into why
Since the 1980s, migration has been a part of the Nigerian middle-class psyche, catalysed by the usual suspects: high unemployment, security concerns, infrastructure gaps, and poor governance. Migrants tends to be middle-class since one needs
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How the Mandela myth helped win the battle for democracy in South Africa
To begin with, Winnie and Nelson mythologised themselves. Both intuitively understood that their greatest talent lay in public performance. Not just any public performance, but the sort that is exemplary, that embodies a collective spirit, a set of
